英汉词典

reduce 基本解释

• vt. 减少；降低；使处于；把…分解
• vi. 减少；缩小；归纳为

reduce 词态变化

reduce 中文词源

re-,向后，往回，-duc,拉，词源同 deduce,deduct.即拉回，引申词义减少，缩小。

reduce 英文词源

reduce

reduce: [14] ‘Lessen, diminish’ is a comparatively recent semantic development for reduce. Its Latin ancestor was certainly not used in that sense. This was redūcere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and dūcere ‘lead, bring’ (source of English duct, duke, educate, etc). It meant literally ‘bring back’, hence ‘restore’ and also ‘withdraw’.

The original ‘bring back’ made the journey to English, and even survived into the early 17th century (‘reducing often to my memory the conceit of that Roman stoic’, Sir Henry Wotton, Elements of Architecture 1624). The sense ‘lessen, diminish’ seems to be the result of a semantic progression from ‘bring back to a particular condition’ via ‘bring back to order’ and ‘bring to subjection’.
=> duct, duke, educate, introduce, produce, redoubt

reduce (v.)

late 14c., "bring back," from Old French reducer (14c.), from Latin reducere "lead back, bring back," figuratively "restore, replace," from re- "back" (see re-) + ducere "bring, lead" (see duke (n.)). Meaning "bring to an inferior condition" is 1570s; that of "bring to a lower rank" is 1640s (military reduce to ranks is from 1802); that of "subdue by force of arms" is 1610s. Sense of "to lower, diminish, lessen" is from 1787. Related: Reduced; reducing.

reduce 词组搭配

reduce 英文释义

1. cut down on; make a reduction in;

"reduce your daily fat intake"

"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

2. make less complex;

"reduce a problem to a single question"

3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition;

"He reduced the population to slavery"

4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation;

"She reduced her niece to a servant"

6. be the essential element;

"The proposal boils down to a compromise"

7. reduce in size; reduce physically;

"Hot water will shrink the sweater"

"Can you shrink this image?"

8. lessen and make more modest;

"reduce one's standard of living"

9. make smaller;

"reduce an image"

10. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

11. narrow or limit;

"reduce the influx of foreigners"

12. put down by force or intimidation;

"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"

"China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"

"The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

13. undergo meiosis;

"The cells reduce"

14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

15. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

"The manuscript must be shortened"

16. be cooked until very little liquid is left;

"The sauce should reduce to one cup"

17. cook until very little liquid is left;

"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

18. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;

"cut bourbon"

19. take off weight

reduce 同义词解析

decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce, dwindle

这些协词的共同含义是"减少，变少"。

decrease： 指逐渐地、不断地减少。

diminish： 侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小，强调减小的部分。

lessen： 普通用词，与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。

reduce： 普通用词，含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。

dwindle： 与decrease同义，指逐渐减小，但强调变得越来越少终至全无。

reduce 双语例句

1. The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.

职位减少后，在职工人总数将减至7,000人。

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2. He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.

他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。

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3. The plan is designed to reduce some of the company's mountainous debt.

该计划旨在减少公司堆积如山的债务。

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4. The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.

该代理机构应削减11%的周转时间。

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5. They believed that controlling the money supply would reduce inflation.

他们相信控制货币供应量会减少通货膨胀。

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reduce 实用场景例句

Reduce speed now (= on a sign) .

减速行驶。

牛津词典

Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.

过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。

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Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.

戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。

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The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.

雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。

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The skirt was reduced to £10 in the sale.

在大减价期间，这条裙子减价到10英镑。

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a reducing plan

节食计划

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a beautiful building reduced to rubble

已化为残垣断壁的漂亮建筑

牛津词典

She was reduced to tears by their criticisms.

他们的批评使她流下了眼泪。

牛津词典

They were reduced to begging in the streets.

他们沦落到沿街乞讨。

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We can reduce the problem to two main issues.

我们可以将这个问题概括成两个要点。

牛津词典

It reduces the risks of heart disease...

这降低了患心脏病的风险。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...

消费下降了25个百分点。

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They were reduced to extreme poverty...

他们陷入极端贫困的状态。

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They wanted the army reduced to a police force.

他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。

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He was reduced to begging for a living.

他不得不以乞讨为生。

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All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...

城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。

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Politics has been reduced to class struggle.

政治变成了阶级斗争。

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Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...

用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。

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Simmer until mixture reduces.

用小火煮到汤汁收浓。

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They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.

他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her challenge reduced them to silence.

她的质问让他们哑口无言。

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The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.

媒体的关注把她弄哭了。

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I felt instinctively negative toward Stevenson.

我对史蒂文森却本能地有反感.

辞典例句

We must carry on the patriotic public health campaign with a great fanfare, reduce disease and improve health conditions.

要大张旗鼓地开展爱国卫生运动, 减少疾病,提高健康水平.

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The government must make new policies to reduce unemployment.

政府必须制定减少失业的新政策.

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The government will look into how to reduce unemployment.

政府将研究如何降低失业率.

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The drug can reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.

这种药能降低发病次数和严重程度.

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